Focused on government intervention in M&A. Antitrust, national security (CFIUS), and beyond. Ten plus years experience in consulting and publishing. I breathe this stuff. Hit me up with any questions on M&A, politics, or one-off situations that need an uncommon perspective.

Seeking Alpha's product team is responsible for the development of all of our product-related projects from start to finish. These projects include the Seeking Alpha Portfolio apps on the App Store and Google Play, our Real Time email alert product, and optimization across the Seeking Alpha website.

The purpose of this profile is to allow us to share with our readers all new product developments. Please follow us on Seeking Alpha to receive updates. We look forward to your input and feedback!

REX Shares believes in empowering investors. We help make the investing world flat by democratizing access to investment strategies of all kinds. REX overcomes barriers to deliver investment products that seek to level the playing field.

I am a writer and editor of non-fiction books about literature, performance, and music. In my spare time I invest, primarily in microcaps; investigate investment conundrums; and write about my investigations on Seeking Alpha and on my blog, http://backland.typepad.com/investigations. I am now offering a subscription service, The Stock Evaluator, which sends out weekly rankings for over 4,000 stocks; you can reach it here: https://seekingalpha.com/author/yuval-taylor/research.

Brad Lamensdorf, a seasoned money manager started SQZZ ETF to take advantage of short squeeze opportunities. He also writes is The Lamensdorf Market Timing Report, a newsletter designed to help investors improve performance via market timing by assessing the environment of the stock market using a variety of technical, fundamental and sentiment-oriented tools from powerful independent research firms. Many investors mechanically enter and depart the market without a true “game plan.” Studies have shown that retail investors, in particular, are very poor market timers, tending to invest at or near market peaks and sell at or near market lows. The newsletter is designed to provide risk parameters for both professional and retail investors around the short-term stock market environment, giving subscribers better insight about when to allocate assets into or out of the equity markets.

Lamensdorf, a frequent guest commentator and analyst on major business networks including CNBC, CNN and Fox Business News.

Lamensdorf, also has managed investment portfolios for the Hughes family and acted as principal of Tarpon Partners, managing a long/short fund that was up more than tripling the fund over six years. Earlier in his career, he was as an equity trader/market strategist for Taylor and Company, the Bass brothers’ trading arm, co-managing a short-only strategy in a derivative format with notional exposure. He also served as the in-house market timing strategist for the entire internal and external network of Bass managers.

I am a 40-something entrepreneur and executive, managing my own portfolio. I have been an Internet entrepreneur, founding and running VC-backed companies. For a little less than ten years I managed several global lines of business as Managing Director for a large management consultancy, where my teams supported primarily senior executives at global 2000 firms. My passion is creating and learning, and I am intensely interested in understanding all aspects of how businesses work, grow, succeed and fail.

Bill Gross is a Portfolio Manager responsible for managing the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, and all related portfolios, and leading efforts to build out Janus' global macro fixed income capabilities. He also serves as an integral member of the Janus Capital Group Global Allocation Committee focused on the expansion of Janus' global asset allocation business. He is based in Newport Beach, California. Mr. Gross co-founded PIMCO in 1971 and served as managing director and Chief Investment Officer until joining Janus in 2014. Throughout his career, Mr. Gross has received numerous awards including Morningstar Fixed Income Manager of the Decade for 2000-2009 and Fixed Income Manager of the Year for 1998, 2000 and 2007. He became the first portfolio manager inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame in 1996 and received the Bond Market Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 2000. In 2011, Institutional Investor magazine awarded him the Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a renowned expert within the bond market and is at the forefront of thought leadership on the subject of fixed income investing. He is also author of the books, Everything You’ve Heard About Investing is Wrong and Bill Gross on Investing.

Education

Mr. Gross holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has 44 years of financial industry experience.

Janus Henderson Investors exists to help clients achieve their long-term financial goals. Formed in 2017 from the merger between Janus Capital Group and Henderson Global Investors, we are committed to adding value through active management. For us, active is more than our investment approach – it is the way we translate ideas into action, how we communicate our views and the partnerships we build in order to create the best outcomes for clients.

While our investment managers have the flexibility to follow approaches best suited to their areas of expertise, overall our people come together as a team. This is reflected in our Knowledge. Shared ethos, which informs the dialogue across the business and drives our commitment to empowering clients to make better investment and business decisions.

Just an old farm boy who bought his first stock in 1970. Been a student of the markets and investing ever since. Over the years I have owned and managed several businesses before retiring for health reasons three years ago. MS from the University of Akron.

I rub shoulders with the brightest and sharpest financial minds on a full-time basis. I have made great calls, I have made stupid calls over the course of my career as a professional investment executive.

As a student of the market, I use my educational background in psychology and business to understand the market environment and identify opportunities for generating performance. I have completed my MBA, obtained my CFA charter and I am a licensed derivatives trader.

My biggest aspiration for contributing on SA is to shine a light on stocks, bonds and volatility instruments so that the readers may learn and profit. I also find writing to be quite stimulative and helps me improve my thought process, which is a huge bonus.

I focus on strategic investment management across multiple asset-classes, quantitative data analyses and the creation of multi-asset portfolios. Previously, I have been a finance professional in London where I worked closely at and with the leading names in asset management. I've always enjoyed reading and interacting on Seeking Alpha, and have decided in 2015 to become a contributor to share some of my ideas and thoughts. I look forward to interesting discussions and exchanges about the markets. Visit quantfriend.com for asset allocation, investment strategies and financial market data.

Greg founded REX Shares with a focus on creating products that help investors navigate turbulent markets and preserve wealth. Greg’s track record as an entrepreneur has brought innovation and transformational product engineering to the ETF industry. In 2006 he created the iPath™ platform for Barclays. In 2009 he co-founded VelocityShares, LLC, serving as CEO. He has also led ETF Product and Marketing teams for Credit Suisse and Global X Funds. Greg has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and has been quoted in Forbes, Barron's and numerous other financial publications. He has an MBA from UC Davis and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.​

Ben Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Fundrise, the first online marketplace for real estate investment. The first company to crowdfund real estate, Fundrise brings world-class real estate investments to institutional, high net worth, and retail investors throughout the United States.

Founded in 2012 by Ben and his brother Dan, Fundrise has brought real estate. The site allows lenders to invest in properties for as little as $100 per share, and as much as $10 million, and earn favorable returns (historically 12 to 14 percent).

Ben’s responsibilities for Fundrise involve strategic partnerships, deal underwriting, and business development. He also oversees the long-term strategy and goals for the company, including expanding its offerings to new audiences interested in direct investment in world-class real estate.

He has more than 15 years of experience in real estate and finance. As Managing Partner of WestMill Capital Partners and President of Western Development Corporation, Ben was responsible for acquiring, developing, and financing more than $500 million worth of property.

Ben founded US Nordic Ventures, a cross-Atlantic private equity and operating company, worked as an analyst for private equity real estate fund Lubert-Adler, and was part of the founding staff of Democracy Alliance, a progressive investment collaborative. He is also co-founder of Popularise, an idea-sourcing website for development projects.

Fundrise is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

Mark Hebner is the founder and President of Index Fund Advisors, Inc., author of the ifa.com web site and the book and documentary film, Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, www.indexfundsthemovie.com. His firm has $2.7 Billion in AUM as of Dec 2015 and he has attended over forty investment conferences focusing on passive investing, and is considered the leading internet provider of articles, videos and data on index funds and especially information on Dimensional Funds Advisors mutual funds and portfolios of the research indexes used by DFA. He is an Investment Advisor Representative (Series 7 and 65) and has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California at Irvine.

Intrepid Leader at an RIA. My firm and I simplify the lives of busy clients by providing ongoing financial planning and asset management. this is done by providing our clients customized, ongoing comprehensive financial planning, and customized investment advisory services tailored to the clients' needs. As a fiduciary, we have a legal obligation to put the needs and interests of our clients above our own. Specialties: fee based comprehensive financial planning, retirement planning, life insurance and protection planning.

My name is Jason Knapp. I run a Special Situation Investing website called, well appropriately "Special Situation Investing News." If you're interested in reading daily news about special situation investing, such as including Spinoffs, Activists, Thrift Conversions, M&A, etc... make sure to check it out.

https://tmfdeej.whotrades.com/

You can also follow me on Twitter for up to the minute news on the subject @SpecialSitNews

I used to hang out over at The Motley Fool and post / blog there under the username TMFDeej. I am a special situation investor through and through, looking for stocks with unique "stories" that will act as catalysts to spur higher share prices in the future. Ideally these stocks are cheap and even better pay dividends, but I'm an equal opportunity investor who will go anywhere there is an interesting opportunity.